State of the X: Stats on TEDx and TEDxTalks in January

The new feature “State of the X,” on the TEDx Tumblr, runs the numbers on TEDx and the great video coming from these worldwide independently produced events.

To start — how many TEDx events happened in the past month?

TEDx events by the numbers: January

77 TEDx events happened around the world
67 cities hosted one or more TEDx events
29 countries hosted one or more TEDx events

TEDx by the numbers: All time

3190 TEDx events have happened around the world
800 cities around the world have hosted one or more TEDx event
126 countries have hosted one or more TEDx events

One of the things we love about TEDx, here at the TED Blog, is how much astonishing video comes in from around the world. Brené Brown, Simon Sinek, some of our favorite TEDTalks were recorded at independent TEDx events, and we’re always scanning for more. Check out these stats:

TEDxTalks by the numbers: January

785 new talks added to the TEDxTalks library
3.5 million views of the TEDxTalks YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
22 talks were featured on TED.com (twice as many as in December, our previous record month)
4.2 million views of the TEDxTalks on TED.com

TEDxTalks by the numbers: All Time

12,900 TEDxTalks
27.6 million views of the TEDxTalks on the YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
122 talks featured on TED.com
45.8 million views of the TEDxTalks on TED.com

The huge number of talks in our library can be overwhelming but if you focus on just a few, you can uncover surprising connections. Here are two that were featured on TED.com in January:

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."